Salinas v. Citgo Petroleum

Full title: DONALD SALINAS, ET UX, PLAINTIFF v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ET AL…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Jul 3, 1996

678 So. 2d 945 (La. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-1579.

July 3, 1996.

APPEAL FROM THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CALCASIEU, STATE OF LOUISIANA; HONORABLE WILFORD D. CARTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, PRESIDING.

William M. Nolen, William Brock Swift, Robert Joseph Tete, Lake Charles, for Citgo Petroleum Corporation, et al.

Edmund M. Kneisel, Atlanta, GA, Keith Michael Borne, Lafayette, John A. Stewart Jr., New Orleans, for Yeargin, Inc. Etc.

Christopher M. Trahan, Lake Charles, for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Before WOODARD, PETERS, and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the case of Citgo Petroleum Corp. v. Yeargin, Inc. and Continental Casualty Company, 95-1574 (La.App. 3 Cir. 7/3/96); 678 So.2d 936, which was consolidated with this case, the trial court's judgment is reversed. This case is remanded to the trial court for a jury trial on all of the contested issues presented in this case.

Costs of this appeal are assessed to defendant/third party plaintiff-appellee, Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.